Affiliations: 501(c)(3) nonprofit registered in Colorado; States it is an approved participant in ICANN's Applicant Support Program, which discounts application fees.
Current status: Confirmed it filed an application seven minutes after the window closed, without naming the string in the same statement.
A Denver nonprofit that says it will operate .self as a public good, giving
every person one subdomain at no cost and refusing parking, squatting and
resale.
TWO STATEMENTS, NOT ONE. This is the unusual shape of the record and it is worth stating plainly. HCCF names the string in a pamphlet published in June, which speaks only of intent. HCCF confirms a filing in a post published seven minutes after the window closed, which names no string at all. Both are the organization’s own words, and no single source read here does both jobs. The foundation ended the filing post with “More information soon about what’s coming!” and has published nothing since.
The application-count field is left empty on purpose. The filing post says “our application is in”, singular, but a count stated that loosely is not a count.
Nineteen strings joined the tracker. On three of them the announcement names one company and the applicant is another, and under the 2026 rules that difference decides who is evaluated.
“The ICANN submission deadline for #NewgTLD applications is today, and we are excited to share that our application is in!”
Claimed: .self
As an approved participant in ICANN's Applicant Support Program (ASP), we are officially launching our campaign to secure a new Top-Level Domain (TLD) dedicated entirely to ethical, human-centered technology.
Source: Reclaiming Our Digital Selves: HCCF's Vision for a Human-Centered Top-Level Domain · Human-Centered Computing Foundation
